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Chief economist update: US recession on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... here to stay..." - The Beatles Well, two yesterdays ago to be precise. This was on October 1 when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates for a third time this year - taking the official cash rate down to a record low of 0.75% (with markets ...

Chief economist update: Zero here we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
A stitch in time saves nine. If only the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) adhered to this age-old proverb. But alas, by insisting on keeping the official cash rate at 1.5% for longer (from August 2016 to May 2019) than the dictates of global and domestic ...

Chief economist update: RBA cuts official cash rate to 0.75%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... the headline flashing on your screens at around 230 in the afternoon of Tuesday, October 1, after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) concludes its scheduled board meeting. In his address to the Armidale Business Chamber, RBA governor Philip Lowe practically ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... ago. Likewise, the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and our very own Reserve Bank of Australia, among others, have been calling on their "fiscal" counterparts for help. Germany's even deliberating on a "shadow budget" ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... Reserve's announced a 25 bp cut in the fed funds rate underscores financial markets' conviction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again when it meets on the first Tuesday of October - taking the official cash rate ...

New principal consultants at Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... Melbourne with a focus on airport infrastructure. Naylor joined Frontier last year, after working at the Reserve Bank of Australia in fixed income trading roles, as a consultant to the World Bank and as an economist for Macquarie Bank. At the same time ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Like the fable of the "boiling frog" - put a frog into boiling water, the frog will jump out, put it in cold/tepid water and bring the water slowly to a boil and it will be cooked to death - the Australian economy is slowly being boiled... to death. ...

Chief economist update: RBA not risking market disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.0% at its September meeting. Operative phrase: "as widely expected". You, I and Irene can wax pedantic about some changes in RBA governor Philip Lowe's ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... fiscal policy to lend a helping hand" because central banks are running out of ammunition. No less than Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe backs up Financial Standard 's earlier prescriptions. As printed in the Australian Financial Review ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... his outing before the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on August 9, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe practically gave his nod of approval in Financial Standard 's clear as the crystal ball's ...